map of palestine
Palestine
SYRIA
Sidon
at the time of Jesus
ITUREA
PHOENICIA
Damascus
MT. HERMON
Tyre
Caesarea Philippi
GAULANITIS
LAKE HULEH
GALILEE
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
SEA OF GALILEE
Capernaum
Gennesaret
Dalmanutha/Magdala
Canatha
Bethsaida
Gergesa
Dion
BATANEA
Hippus
Nazareth
MT. TABOR
Gadara
Caesarea
Raphana
DECAPOLIS
Scythopolis
Pella
JORDAN R.
SAMARIA
Gerasa
Joppa
JUDEA
Arimathea
Jerusalem
Bethphage
Bethany
PEREA
Jericho
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
ELEVATIONS (in ft.)
Mt. Hermon
9,232
Lake Huleh
223
Sea of Galilee
-695
Nazareth
1,245
Mt. Tabor
1,929
Jerusalem
2,693
Dead Sea
-1,285
AREA (approx.)
Sea of Galilee 13 x 7 mi.
Dead Sea
43 x 9 mi.
LATITUDES
Galilee and San Diego are
approximately the same.
city of the Decapolis
DEAD
SEA
Gaza
SEA OF GALILEE
IDUMEA
DEAD SEA
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Globe graphic and topographic map
courtesy of Bible Atlas Online
Copyright © 2002 Access Foundation
www.anova.org/sev/atlas/htm
The Jesus Class / cccomaha.org
Session 1
learning to look and see (answers)
I once made some reMARKs about hidden books in the Bible. It was a luLU--KEpt some people looKING So
hard for fACTS, and to others it was a REVELATION. Some were in a JAM, ESpecially since the books were not
capitalized. But the tRUTH finally struck home to NUMBERS of readers. To others it was a real JOB. We want
it to be A MOSt fascinating few moments for you. yES, THERe will be some really easy ones to spot. Others
might require JUDGES to determine. We will quickly admiT IT USually takes a minister to find one, but there
will be loud LAMENTATIONS when you see how simple it is. A little old lady says that if sHE BREWS tea she can
concentrate better. See how well you can comPETE. Relax now and enjoy yourself, for there really are sixteen in
the paragraph.
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Mark 1:1